Seeing that Del Valle's expression became serious, Pei Xingjian said: "So, our King Qin has an extraordinary strategic vision! With the current war situation in Persia, you may have a good chance of winning, but once you fail, the consequences may be unimaginable! Because these are all the elite troops of your Persian army that have gathered all the strength of the country! Once it fails, it means that Ctesiphon will be completely exposed to the enemy's blade!"
"Minister Del Valle, think about it for yourself, what will happen to Persia if Qadisiya is defeated. We have an old saying in the Tang Dynasty, which is to say victory before talking about defeat! It means that all consequences should be considered according to the worst. Plan. Because there is no war with 100% victory in this world!"
Pei Xingjian's words made Del Valle take a deep breath. In fact, they knew some things. The problem was that they knew, but Persia had already exhausted all its elites!
"I'm not afraid to tell you the envoy. In fact, we all thought of what the envoy said, but the soldiers currently gathered in Qadishiya are already the most elite troops in Persia. They have also mobilized all the forces in Persia, including Tessie. Only a small number of troops were left to defend the capital."
"We don't have much power at the moment. If the envoy has any good strategies, you can tell us. If not... forget it." Del Valle took a deep breath and said.
Pei Xingjian pondered for a while. Before he set off, His Highness actually told him all the key strategic points here, so Pei Xingjian knew the whole situation. To be honest, in his opinion, Persia's current strength was at an absolute advantage, but the absolute advantage was Troops may also fail when faced with problems such as morale.
What makes Pei Xingjian even more helpless is that these Persians are fighting... They all charge face to face in formation... Is this a war? What about tactics? What about strategy? According to his understanding, these people don't know how to do it. Why can't they do it here?
"Your Excellency Del Valle, are you really unable to mobilize enough soldiers?" Pei Xingjian asked thoughtfully.
"What?" Del Valle looked at Pei Xingjian.
"We are actually here to sell weapons and armor. If you can mobilize enough soldiers, as a friendly neighbor of the Tang Dynasty, I can lend you 5,000 sets of armor first! Full body armor!" Pei Xingjian took a deep breath. He took a breath and spoke decisively.
"Seriously?!" Del Valle was stunned. Can he borrow armor? And 5,000 pieces? ! There are not even 5,000 armored cavalrymen in the whole of Persia! The Persians currently have a total of 15,000 cavalry on the battlefield, of which there are only 5,000 heavy cavalry and 10,000 ordinary cavalry. There are also some war elephant troops.
Now Pei Xingjian has 5,000 pieces of armor. If he adds 5,000 heavy armored cavalry and uses them properly, it will be a huge boost to the entire battlefield! If they had to mobilize 5,000 cavalry, they could barely manage to mobilize them.
"Seriously! I don't need to ask for the money from you first. Regardless of failure or victory, you can return it later. According to the market price, I can also provide you with 100,000 arrows, all of which are iron arrows!" Pei Xingjian spoke directly.
"Thank you very much, Your Majesty the Envoy, and thank you His Highness King Qin of the Tang Dynasty. As a friendly neighbor of the Tang Dynasty, Sasanian Persia is very grateful!" Del Valle spoke decisively.
"The battle situation is rather urgent. Your Majesty the Envoy, you can take these things and set off. Our small ships can go upstream. We can discuss other matters after the battle is over." Pei Xingjian said.
Del Valle didn't refuse, who wouldn't want something given for free?
Not only did the two sides immediately unload the goods, Pei Xingjian also sent a small cargo ship to help transport them. These armors and arrows did not take up much space.
After they left, Liu Yilong couldn't help but said: "Are you sure it's okay to do this? What if they take these things and are defeated, but they haven't captured the enemy yet?"
"It's not a loss." Pei Xingjian shook his head and said. "No loss."
"Can't lose? According to our estimation, if they are defeated, doesn't it mean that their capital is gone? If those capitals are gone, where will they get the money to return us?" Liu Yilong was a little depressed.
"If we don't have money, we'll use land to pay the bills. And even if the capital is gone by then, I believe their king will definitely not die and will definitely flee. If we want some port cities at that time, I believe they will definitely agree. Yes." Pei Xingjian smiled and shook his head. At first glance, you are too naive and have too little time to follow His Highness.
Your Highness wants to sell it for money. Who said money must be money?
Del Valle and the others rushed back to Ctesiphon day and night, just as Pei Xingjian predicted. Although Isai III was a proud man at heart, he was not stupid. A lot of the wealth of the Ctesiphon royal family had actually been stolen. He secretly transported quite a few out of here.
And their royal family is also ready to escape at any time.
When Del Valle came back, not only did he bring back a piece of news that Yisai III could not imagine, but he also came fully armed with armor and arrows? ! This made Yisai III freeze on the spot. He felt...this was simply impossible!
Who is willing to lend them weapons first without paying them?
"The price has not been discussed?" Yisai III asked.
"No, Your Majesty the King, the other party said that he is willing to lend it to us first, and the two sides will talk about it after this battle is over." Del Valle immediately said some of the conversations between the two parties, especially the unspoken words that Pei Xingjian said. Victory, defeat first.
Isai III was silent for a long time, and then he decisively said: "Take the remaining soldiers from Ctesiphon, form another 6,000 cavalry, and send out all the elite soldiers! Replace the full-body armor you brought back and replace them with heavy-duty ones." Armored cavalry! Then take all the arrows and the horses! Just leave a thousand ordinary soldiers to defend the city! Because not long ago, Rustam was ordered to attack as soon as possible!"
"yes!"
There are indeed thousands of soldiers in Ctesiphon, but all the good armors have been taken away. Among these thousands of soldiers, only 1,000 soldiers have full body armor. The rest only have wooden shields, and the cavalry are all light cavalry.
Now that there was an extra cavalry, Isai III also risked his life and directly supported the front line. The envoy of the Tang Dynasty was right, if he failed this time, Persia would be destroyed!
Ctesiphon's garrison immediately moved into action. Among the soldiers left behind were three thousand elite cavalry. Although they did not have armor, they were indeed elite. After all, they protected the king. Now Isai has been sent out.
As for the remaining three thousand cavalry, they are just ordinary cavalry who can ride horses, but it doesn't matter. They have armor and weapons. They can just follow the elite cavalry and charge.
Just when the six thousand cavalry set off, the Persian frontline general Rustam received an order from Isai III and had to cross the Atik River to start a war with the Arab army!
